Democratic Theorizing from the Margins
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781566399210
Subjects: Political structures: democracy; U.S. Practical Politics; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Elements In The U.S. Population; Women in politics; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; USA; History & Theory - General; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Ethnic Studies - General; United States; Women's Studies - General; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Democracy; Minorities; Political activity
Description: "Democratic Theorizing from the Margins lays out the basic parameters of diversity-based politics as a still emerging form of democratic theory.

Students, activists, and scholars engage in diversity politics on the ground, but generally remain unable to conceptualize a broad understanding of how "politics from the margins" - that is, political thinking and action that comes from groups often left on the outside of mainstream organizing and action - operates effectively in different contexts and environments. Brettschneider offers concrete lessons from many movements to see what they tell us about a new sort of democratic politics.

She also addresses traditional democratic theories and draws on the myriad discerning practices employed by marginalized groups in their political activism to enhance the critical capacities of potential movements committed to both social change and democratic action."--BOOK JACKET.